Clothes-pounder.



PATENTED'DEG. 15, 1903.

I. N. HOLLINGSWORTH.

CLOTHES POUNDER.

APPLIOATION FILED 00124, 1902.

E0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES .Patc-mted December 15, 1903.

PATENT FFICE.

CLOTH ES- PO,U NDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 746,835, dated December 15, 1903. Application filed October 24, 1902. Serial No. 128,660. (No model.)

To all whomit may concern.-

Be it known that I, ISAAC N. -HOLLINGS WORTH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lauderdale, in the county of Lauderdale and State of Mississippi, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clothes-Founders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to clothes-ponnders; and it consists of a conical-shaped pounder.

having atube depending from the apex thereof in the interior of said cone. It consists, further, of a series of air-cells radiating from said tube to the sides of the cone and a series of air cells or tubes disposed diametrically opposite each other and secured to the cone near the bottom thereof, there being transverse air-tubes in two of the last-named tubes having opening outside and inside of the said cone.

' The object of my invention is toprovide a clothes-pounder that will be simple, cheap, light, and very efiective; and with thcseobjects in view my invention consists of the parts and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully set out.

In the drawings, Figure l is a bottom plan view of a pounder embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is acentral vertical section of the same on the line A B, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a similar view on the line C D, Fig. 1.

1 represents the cone of my improved clothes-pounder, that may be made'of any suitable material. V

2.is a tube depending in the interior of said cone from the apex thereof, the lowerend of said tube being flared, as at 3. This tube is adapted to receive the operating-handle, (not shownin the drawings,) which may be secured therein in any desired way.

4 represents the primary tubes constituting primary chambers or cells, there being preferably four in number of approved shape in cross-section, which are secured to the interior of the cone and to the central depending tube 2, by means of solder or otherwise, so as to insure an air-tight joint between them, the cone, and the central tube 2, thus dividing the cone into secondary chambers 5.

In the spaces between the cells t I secure four secondary tubes or cells 6, which are secured nearer the bottom of the cone and extend nearly to the apex of the cone. Two ofthese lower cells 6, diametrically opposite I each other,are provided with transverse tubes 7 open at both ends and establishing communication between the interior and exterior of said cone. These tubes '7, as will be seen from the drawings, are on an angle to the lower plane of the cone and extend upward therefrom for the purpose hereinafter set out.

The theory of my Washer is that a number of distinct streams of air are sent by one stroke of the cone through the clothes on both the downward and upward strokes. Thus there is a series of distinct streams of water forced through the clothing hy'each stroke, by reason of the air in the several cells, be it up or down. cone act as a reinforcement to the handlepiece, making it very strong. These cells serve to trap the airin such quantity as to force the water through the clothing with sufficient force to take out the dirt. When the cone or washer is drawn up through the water, it draws the water upwardby suction through the clothes, and on the downward stroke the compressed air in the cells forces the water through the clothes. The four upper cells 6 are soldered solid to the handletube, making the space 5 between each cell a cell also, thereby forming substantially eight cells, as stated. There are four cells that are smaller than the said cells and are positioned nearer the rim of the washer. The tubes 7 being about one inch above the rim of the washer are clear or above the water before the rim of the cone reaches the surface, and consequently the air rushes into these tubes,thereby breaking the suction and facilitating the raising of the washer gradually without a jerk. The washer has suction power'uutil the tubes 7 are above the surface of the water.

My theoryisthat by the construction shown I am enabled to send through the clothes 2. number of distinct and separate currents of air, this being effected by-the series of cells which divide the air into distinct currents,

and each current of air drives a current of water, which is forced through the clothing.

I have found that it is only necessary to use my washer on one tub of clothing from two to five minutes. The advantages resulting The four upper cells 4 in the ICC from the use of my washer are durability, simplicity, and the strong currents of air that are sent from the various cells through the clothing. There is no outlet above from which the air may escape, as the washer is forced downward and upward until the tubes 7 at their outer ends are above the water,

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

In a clothes-pounder, the combination with a conical body, of a depending tube disposed centrally thereof and having an open flared lower end terminating short of the mouth of the body, a series of primary tubes of substantially U shape in cross-section extending longitudinally of the body and terminating at their lower ends short of the lower end of the central tube, said tubes constituting primary air-chambers and being extended at diametrically opposite points between and attached to the central tube and the inner wall of the body to divide the latter into secondary air-chambers, a series of secondary tubes disposed one within each of the secondary chambers and extendinglongitudinally of the body with their lower ends terminating between the lower ends of the primary tubes and the mouth oi the body, and air-tubes arranged adjacent to the lower ends of and extending transversely through the secondary tubes and communicating with the interior and exterior of the body.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC N. HOLLINGSWORTH. Witnesses:

H. L. BRADSHAW, J. E. SMITH. 

